Tyvek Artwork - Manipulating Tyvek with heat

WOW!

We came upon this amazing work of art on Kirsten Chursinoff's Flickr page.

Entitled, Anemone Tidepool I, Kirsten writes, "The sea anemone tentacles are made with threads sewn using water soluble material. Beads and French knots represent limpets and small rocks and shells. There are also pieces of melted Tyvek and melted synthetic felt. This is another impression of the green and purple anemones (aggregate anemones) scattered about the coast of BC, Canada. Marine life provides a huge wealth of inspiration for my textile art." (By the way, Kirsten has much more information on the above picture on her Flickr page specifically detailing the melted Tyvek)

We've seen a growing trend over a few years where Tyvek is being manipulated with the use of heat. Heating Tyvek is something we can not endorse for obvious safety reasons, however, it's clearly becoming a known practice among folks working with it artistically.

For example, on Joggles webpage on How to use Tyvek Tutorial, Joggles describes in great detail how to apply heat to Tyvek to create particular effects as seen on this example entitled "Tyvek Jester" by Barbara Strembicki.

At Material Concepts, we make every style of Tyvek available in small quantities and usually have end rolls and cut offs available at steep discounts. We are amazed by the incredible artistic talent displayed by Kirsten Chursinoff, and fascinated by the information provided by Barbara Strembicki of Joggles.com.

We have seen many others who incorporate melted Tyvek into their artwork. The results are unique and quite outstanding. I have to wonder who first discovered the effects of heating/distorting Tyvek....

C'est Magnifique!